--- title: "13 Better Original Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Better Original quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Better Original sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/theodore-roosevelt-218_better_it-is-always-better-to-be-an-original-th_2480839.jpg" --- > [It is always better to be an original than an imitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/it-is-always-better-to-be-an-original-than-an-imitation/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/theodore-roosevelt-218_better_it-is-always-better-to-be-an-original-th_2480839.jpg) > [Imitations only better the original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-davis-jr/imitations-only-better-the-original/) [Sammy Davis, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-davis-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/sammy-davis-jr-9783_better_imitations-only-better-the-original-1696_1696953.png) > [“I know this is my signature move, but it really does read much better in the original.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manny-rayner/i-know-this-is-my-signature-move-but-it-really-does-read-much-better/) [Manny Rayner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manny-rayner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/manny-rayner-44268_creativity_i-know-this-is-my-signature-move-but-it_1027391.jpg) > [It's great to be paid, but it's better to do something original that's going to be memorable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gries/it-s-great-to-be-paid-but-it-s-better-to-do-something-original-that-s/) [Jon Gries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/jon-gries-55864_memorable_it-s-great-to-be-paid-but-it-s-better-to_1612894.jpg) > [I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/i-have-always-thought-if-you-are-going-to-make-a-film-it-s-much/) [William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/william-boyd-3581_always_i-have-always-thought-if-you-are-going-t_933385.png) > [I've composed music for many remakes and they've all come out much better than the original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vidyasagar/i-ve-composed-music-for-many-remakes-and-they-ve-all-come-out-much/) [Vidyasagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vidyasagar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/vidyasagar-17381_better_i-ve-composed-music-for-many-remakes-and_1958482.jpg) > [Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/then-be-sure-of-one-thing-the-is-has-imagined-it-quite-a-bit-better/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/richard-bach-424_beauty_then-be-sure-of-one-thing-the-is-has-ima_3099590.png) > [If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-grant/if-we-want-a-better-original-idea-we-must-generate-our-own-before-we/) [Adam Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/adam-grant-3775_creativity_if-we-want-a-better-original-idea-we-mus_954523.png) > [Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-winter/certain-remakes-are-great-carpenter-s-the-thing-is-better-than-the/) [Alex Winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-winter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/alex-winter-19467_carpenter_certain-remakes-are-great-carpenter-s-th_1548995.png) > [Hey, every once in awhile the secondary form works better than the original but it's certainly a rarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaime-hernandez/hey-every-once-in-awhile-the-secondary-form-works-better-than-the/) [Jaime Hernandez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaime-hernandez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/jaime-hernandez-35062_form_hey-every-once-in-awhile-the-secondary-f_946275.png) > [If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-cage/if-i-do-do-a-sequel-i-m-going-to-have-to-know-for-sure-that-the/) [Nicolas Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-cage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/nicolas-cage-1199_careful_if-i-do-do-a-sequel-i-m-going-to-have-to_2928168.jpg) > [There are so many remixes. only few are good. Most of them are bad. As long as it's good, I am okay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrdy-sandhu/there-are-so-many-remixes-only-few-are-good-most-of-them-are-bad-as/) [Harrdy Sandhu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrdy-sandhu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/harrdy-sandhu-26317_bad_there-are-so-many-remixes-only-few-are-g_2000494.jpg) > [The only remarkable thing about Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II is the insistent manner in which it recalls how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-canby/the-only-remarkable-thing-about-francis-ford-coppola-s-the-godfather/) [Vincent Canby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-canby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/vincent-canby-26651_appearing_the-only-remarkable-thing-about-francis_3206234.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-original/#itemlist", "name": "Better Original Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, 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